Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: Three Books, Two Cities, One Tale

Discussing the Bible and the Qur'an in one breath will surprise some Jews, Christians, and Muslims. But Anton Wessels argues that all three traditions must read the Scriptures together and not against each other. As his book title suggests, the three books, in the end, are actually one tale.

Wessels accepts Muhammad as a prophet and takes the Qur'an seriously as Holy Scripture along with the Old and New Testaments -- without giving up his own Christian convictions. Respectfully reading the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur'an together, he argues, is of crucial importance: our world often sees these religious books as the cause of conflicts rather than the solution to them.

Author: Anton Wessels
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/01/2013
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780802869081

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2014
Christian Century 08/06/2014 pg. 32

About the Author
Wessels, Anton: - Anton Wessels is an ordained Presbyterian minister andprofessor emeritus of religion at the Free University ofAmsterdam. His other books include Europe: Was It EverReally Christian? and Muslims and the West: CanThey Be Integrated?Wolterstorff, Nicholas: - Nicholas Wolterstorff is Noah Porter Professor Emeritus ofPhilosophical Theology at Yale University. Before going toYale he was Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College inGrand Rapids, Michigan, for thirty years.